19 ordspråk av Konstantin Stanislavsky
Konstantin Stanislavsky
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.
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At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles.
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Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.
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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.
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In the creative process there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.
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Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art
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Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art
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Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art
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Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worries, squabbles, petty difficulties with your outside clothing -- all the things that ruin your life and draw your attention away from your art -- at the door.
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Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
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Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes. It enhances his roles and his art. Yet it is of utmost importance that he use this precious gift with prudence, wisdom, and modesty. It is a great shame when he does not realize this and goes on to exploit, to play on his ability to charm.
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Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.
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Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.
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The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.
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The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it
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